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{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name              = Nova 33
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|image boat        = File:S-Y Blues, FIN-7951, Albin Nova (29207953035).jpg
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|designer          = [[Peter Norlin]]
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|location          = [[Sweden]]
|year              = 1981
|no built          = about 500
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|builder           = [[Albin Marine]]<br>[[Express Production AB]]
|role              = [[Cruising (maritime)|Cruiser]]
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|draft             = {{convert|5.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|air draft         =
|displacement      = {{convert|8177|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|hulls             =
|hull type         = [[monohull]]
|construction      = [[fibreglass]]
|loa               = {{convert|33.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|loh               =
|lwl               = {{convert|26.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam              = {{convert|10.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine            = [[Yanmar]] 2GM {{convert|15|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[diesel engine]]
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|keel type         = fin keel
|ballast           = {{convert|3868|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type       = internally-mounted spade-type [[rudder]]
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|rig type          = [[Bermuda rig]]
|I                 = {{convert|35.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J                 = {{convert|12.14|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P                 = {{convert|39.70|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E                 = {{convert|14.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan          = [[fractional rig]]ged [[sloop]]
|sailarea main     = {{convert|279.89|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|213.06|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea upwind   = {{convert|492.94|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The '''Nova 33''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[sailboat]] that was designed by [[Peter Norlin]] as a [[Cruising (maritime)|cruiser]] and first built in 1981.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/nova-33-albin|title= Nova 33 sailboat |access-date= 10 December 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201210123019/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/nova-33-albin|archive-date= 10 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Specs">{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/albin-marine/albin-nova-33|title = Nova 33|access-date = 10 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201210123029/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/albin-marine/albin-nova-33%23nopics|archive-date= 10 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/norlin-peter|title= Peter Norlin|access-date = 3 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201203150005/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/norlin-peter|archive-date= 3 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/norlin-peter|title = Peter Norlin |access-date = 3 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201203145841/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/norlin-peter|archive-date= 3 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="GB">{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oJ3aQMG-J1MC&q=Albin+Nova+33&pg=RA1-PA32|title= Albin Nova 33 - the ocean-going family cruiser|access-date= 10 December 2020|author= [[Albin Marine]]|work= Cruising World|date= February 1984}}</ref>
The boat is often referred to as the '''Albin Nova''', '''Albin 10 Metre''', '''Albin 99 Nova''' and the '''Albin Nova 33'''. It was marketed by the manufacturer as the ''Albin Nova 33''.<ref name="GB"/>
==Production==
The design was built by [[Albin Marine]] in [[Sweden]] between 1981 and 1997. Some later boats were produced by [[Express Production AB]], also of Sweden. In total about 500 boats were completed, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Specs"/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/albin-marine|title = Albin Marine 1899 - |access-date = 7 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201202001145/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/albin-marine|archive-date= 2 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/albin-marine|title = Albin Marine|access-date = 7 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201202005949/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/albin-marine|archive-date= 2 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref>
==Design==
[[File:S-Y Freja, FIN-5341, Albin Nova (29173742826).jpg|thumb|left|Nova 33 showing the design's [[reverse transom]]]]
[[File:Albin Nova Saphira.jpg|thumb|left|A Nova 33 flying a [[spinnaker]].]]
The Nova 33 is a recreational [[keelboat]], built predominantly of [[fibreglass]], with wood trim. It has a 7/8 [[Fractional rig|fractional]] [[sloop]] rig with [[aluminum]] spars, a keel-stepped mast, wire [[standing rigging]] and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a [[raked stem]], a [[reverse transom]], an internally mounted spade-type [[rudder]] controlled by a [[tiller]] and a fixed fin [[keel]]. It displaces {{convert|8177|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3868|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of [[cast iron]] ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Specs"/>
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Specs"/>
The boat is fitted with a Japanese [[Yanmar]] 2GM [[diesel engine]] of {{convert|15|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds {{convert|11.9|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|23.8|u.s.gal}}.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Specs"/>
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The main cabin also has a drop-leaf table. The [[Galley (kitchen)|galley]] is located on the port side just forward of the [[companionway]] ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The [[Head (watercraft)|head]] is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Specs"/>
For sailing the design may be equipped with a symmetrical [[spinnaker]]. It has a [[hull speed]] of {{convert|6.87|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Specs"/>
==Operational history==
The boat is supported by an active class club based in Sweden, that organizes racing events, the ''Novaförbundet'' (English: ''Nova Association'').<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/nova-33-albin|title= Nova 33 (Albin)|access-date = 10 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201210123018/https://sailboatdata.com/association/nova-33-albin|archive-date= 10 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of sailing boat types]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Albin Nova}}
{{Albin Marine}}
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[[Category:Keelboats]]
[[Category:1980s sailboat type designs]]
[[Category:Sailing yachts]]
[[Category:Sailboat type designs by Peter Norlin]]
[[Category:Sailboat types built by Albin Marine]]
[[Category:Sailboat types built by Express Production AB]]